Event | The Boiling Frog | ||||||||||
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Venue | C Block Theatre, Braddon, ACT | ||||||||||
First Date | 14 December 1991 | ||||||||||
Opening Date | 14 December 1991 | ||||||||||
Last Date | 21 December 1991 | ||||||||||
Dates Estimated | No | ||||||||||
Status | Youth Theatre | ||||||||||
World Premiere | No | ||||||||||
Description | A witty exposure of dangers of blind faith in the power of technology to solve human problems. Playwright Alison Lyssa draws explores the fate of the human species now facing the dangers of the nuclear age...her three act play spans three epochs, from the great plague in 17th century London, to the industrialisation founded on coal and iron in 18th century England, to the present age of atomic power. Each successive generation expected that technology would solve the problems of disease and poverty. |
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Description Source | Reviewer's Opinion | ||||||||||
Primary Genre | Theatre - Spoken Word | ||||||||||
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Youth Theatre
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Environmentalism
Materialism |
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Text Nationality | Australia | ||||||||||
Production Nationality | Australia | ||||||||||
Event Status | Completed | ||||||||||
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Event Identifier | 13315 | ||||||||||
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